Admissions

The admission of boys to Winchester at age thirteen is largely in the hands of Housemasters. When a boy is eight years old his name can be registered for entry into the School as a prospective member of a particular boarding House.

Community

Although the School is immediately outside the mediaeval city walls of Winchester near to Kingsgate, it has always been a part of the wider community and this is nowhere more evident than in its current geography.

Education

A Winchester education is unique. Our pupils enjoy good teaching and our teachers enjoy the liveliness of bright pupils. Success in examinations is one consequence of this, but we think it more important to encourage boys to love learning.

Libraries

Winchester's oldest records are housed in the purpose built room in which they were always intended to be housed. The thickness of the walls in this room maintains a very even temperature, which has helped to ensure over the centuries the survival of the

Pastoral Care

Everything we do at Winchester is an aspect of our pastoral care of the boys; classes, sports teams, clubs and societies. We are a fully resident community and we think of ourselves as a network of friends.

Gaitskell

The Gaitskell Politics Society meets three or four times per term and invites politicians and senior public figures to give formal lectures to both pupils and the wider public.

The lectures usually begin at 1900 and last about an hour including questions. Our guests normally then dine with the Headmaster and invited senior pupils.

In the last couple of years our guest speakers have included: Lords Tebbit, Janner and Adonis, Sir John Scarlett, Sir Jock Stirrup, Ed Vaizey MP, Francis Maude MP, Count Tolstoy, Professor Richard Aldrich (International Relations at Warwick University), Nick Gibb and Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones. Notices for future events will be posted around School in the normal places, in Short Roll and on the Friends web site.

In addition the don in charge holds informal political seminars on current events with the boys.